NJ Justices Say EMTs Immune In Brain Injury Suit

By Y. Peter Kang

The New Jersey Supreme Court on Thursday held that paramedics who treated a toddler's head injury, which led to a permanent brain injury, are entitled to immunity under a state statute governing emergency medical treatment, saying they acted in good faith and in accordance with the law's requirements.

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NJ Court Says Comptroller's Subpoena To Private Vendor Valid

By George Woolston

The Appellate Division of New Jersey Superior Court on Thursday said the state comptroller's office subpoena to a private company that provides services to charter schools is valid, holding that the watchdog agency can issue a subpoena to a vendor as part of an investigation.

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NJ Judge Says Flaw Dooms DOJ Sanctuary Policy Suit

By Tom Lotshaw

A New Jersey federal judge has tossed a Trump administration suit challenging the sanctuary policies in four Garden State cities, ruling that most of the government's grievances against them actually stemmed from a statewide directive it unsuccessfully challenged previously.

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Novo Nordisk Gets 401(k) Investment Suit Narrowed

By Patrick Hoff

A New Jersey federal judge dismissed allegations accusing Novo Nordisk of unlawfully keeping underperforming investment options in its employee 401(k) plan, handing the pharmaceutical company a partial win by concluding workers hadn't identified comparable funds that performed significantly better.

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NJ Justices Clarify Face Recognition Discovery Rules

By Parker Quinlan

New Jersey's highest court has clarified when prosecutors are required to turn over information to defendants about facial recognition tools used as part of a criminal investigation, saying judges must examine such discovery requests on a case-by-case basis.

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Nigerian Bank Exits NJ Law Firm's Suit Over Fraudulent Check

By Katryna Perera

A New Jersey federal judge has tossed claims brought by law firm Scura Wigfield Heyer Stevens & Cammarota LLP against Access Bank PLC over an alleged scam that sent nearly $119,000 of the firm's funds to a bogus entity's account, saying the court does not have jurisdiction over the bank, since it is based in Lagos, Nigeria.

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Another Trump Order For Election Restrictions Blocked

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from implementing the president's March order to compile a federal list of eligible voters and to set new restrictions on the use of mail-in ballots in this fall's general election.

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3rd Circ. Vexed By Diabetic Worker's Atty, AI Issues

By Matthew Santoni

A Third Circuit panel questioned Thursday whether a hospital employee's disclosure of her diabetes was "too little, too late" to trigger an accommodation after she was written up for sleeping on the job — and whether her attorneys should be sanctioned for filing a minor motion that appeared to include AI-hallucinated citations.

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SIMAD Seeks OK For $180M Financing In Chapter 11 Cases

By Hilary Russ

SIMAD Holdings Ltd., the bankrupt owner of 30 U.S. summer camps and other real estate, says that it has secured up to $180 million of debtor-in-possession financing from its prepetition bondholders, as it seeks to fund its operations and bankruptcy cases while working toward a late-July auction for its assets.

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McCarter & English Adds Enviro Partner Trio In Indianapolis

By Jake Maher

New Jersey-based McCarter & English LLP expanded its Indianapolis office with a team of three partners from Ice Miller LLP specializing in complex environmental contamination issues, including brownfield redevelopment, the firm announced Thursday.

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Moshing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Entering a mosh pit is much like entering the practice of law — it is difficult, you have to know both the written and unwritten rules, and conduct yourself according to the expectations of each community, says Christopher Deubert at Constangy Brooks.

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Groombridge Wu Tops Milbank Pay Scale For Associates

By Kevin Penton

Groombridge Wu Baughman & Stone LLP is the latest firm to top the pay scale for associates announced earlier this month by Milbank LLP, with attorneys set to earn as much as $470,000.

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Senate Confirming Judges Faster Than In Trump's 1st Term

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate has confirmed 45 judges in the second Trump term, outpacing the rate of his first administration, Senate Republicans announced on Thursday.

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Attys Urged To Challenge Clients Who Demand AI Research

By Aaron Keller

A Connecticut federal judge urged attorneys during a Thursday sanctions hearing to push back against clients who demand lawyers use generative artificial intelligence tools to conduct legal research, saying the technology is no substitute for professional judgment and discretion because it "aims to please" and can misstate the law.

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Lack Of Evidence Sinks Insurance Fraud Case, Atty Says

By Emily Sawicki

A Louisiana law firm and lawyer found guilty of criminal conspiracy and wire fraud for staging vehicle crashes as part of a scheme to defraud insurance carriers and trucking companies are seeking acquittal or a new trial, arguing that federal prosecutors failed to support their claims with evidence.

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SCOTUSblog Founder Goldstein Blasts 'Inflated' DOJ Tax Math

By Jared Foretek

Convicted SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein and federal prosecutors are clashing again over their dramatically divergent sentencing recommendations, with the defense accusing the government of presenting a "one-dimensional caricature" of the famed lawyer in seeking an eight-year sentence, and prosecutors accusing him of potentially deleting "secret chats" with his gambling backers.

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Feds Say Would-Be Kavanaugh Assassin Was Let Off Easy

By Nadia Dreid

Both federal prosecutors and a Stephen Miller-founded public interest group believe that a Maryland federal judge let a woman accused of trying to kill U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh off too easy because of her gender identity and want the Fourth Circuit to order resentencing.

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Quinn Emanuel Says 3M Fee Proposal Undervalues Its Work

By Carolina Bolado

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has objected to a special master's recommendation on the allocation of common benefit fees in the $6 billion settlement that ended multidistrict litigation against 3M over allegedly faulty combat earplugs, saying the amount doesn't value the "length, extent and impact" of the firm's work.

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